#55E1EA#55E1EA

#55E1EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1EA
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 234)
HSL	hsl(184, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -34.52, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 37.86, 204.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.1111 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5164, 61.7172, 87.3398)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1EA #EA5E55

analogous

#55EAA8 #55E1EA #5597EA

triadic

#55E1EA #EA55E1 #E1EA55

tetradic

#55E1EA #A855EA #EA5E55 #97EA55

square

#55E1EA #A855EA #EA5E55 #97EA55

split-complementary

#55E1EA #EA5597 #EAA855

monochromatic

#16A6AF #1FD7E3 #55E1EA #8BEBF1 #C2F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#55E1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#55E1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1EA

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1EA	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebf0',
    500: '#55e1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1ea;
$custom-light: #96ebf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.624,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83828,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1EA

secondary

#B03B34

accent

#180BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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